self-satisfied

Example Sentences

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Mr. Holmes shows how the unstable and morose Tennyson, born in the wild Romantic age of Byron, Coleridge and Shelley, grew into the settled and self-satisfied voice of Victorian England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Several of the figures rest a self-satisfied hand at the apex of their bump.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Look at that self-satisfied smile on his face.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

And yes, it's hard not to look at these self-satisfied moral monsters without feeling despair.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

I glanced at the man sitting across the carpet from Samir—an elder from the East, with a mustache as thin as a razor and the self-satisfied look of an educated man.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri